Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!gk5g+ From: gk5g+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Gary Keim) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: Re: Using Existing Help Window Message-ID: <4cHb1Pa00VsWE0deRY@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: 6 Jun 91 17:26:51 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 21 Excerpts from misc: 4-Jun-91 Using Existing Help Window Nathaniel Borenstein@thu (1079) > I've felt for a long time now that the behavior of the help program in > using a pre-existing help window is a mistake, but I've realized that > there is at least some room for argument. Now I've got a situation > where it is just flat out horrible, with no room for argument, and I'd > like to plead for a change. We're in concert. No other "large" ATK application that I know of is this parental. It's inconsistent. Excerpts from misc: 4-Jun-91 Using Existing Help Window Nathaniel Borenstein@thu (1079) > At the very least, this feature should be either sensitive to the > DISPLAY variable (one help window per DISPLAY) or configurable so that > you can turn it off via the AndrewSetup file. Right now, I have to tell everyone to use "help -new" which seems like a really ugly thing to do... I agree with this mission and will try to get it done.